{"id":2106,"date":"2013-02-02T20:56:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T20:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/02\/there-are-times-when-i-have-to-laugh.html"},"modified":"2013-02-02T20:56:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T20:56:00","slug":"there-are-times-when-i-have-to-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/02\/there-are-times-when-i-have-to-laugh.html","title":{"rendered":"There are times when I have to laugh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

We really think we\u2019re so much smarter than all those old dunderheads who fell for things like:<\/p>\n

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Or at least that\u2019s what I was told by teachers and professors back in the day. \u00a0Silly old bears. \u00a0To believe silly images and pictures and have their minds influenced by such dribble? \u00a0Boy, thank goodness we were so beyond all that. \u00a0Which is why when I see something like this:<\/p>\n

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I have to laugh. \u00a0I mean, really. What is it supposed to accomplish? \u00a0Anything? \u00a0Does this make any difference at all to anyone? \u00a0Does it change a mind, a view, an opinion? \u00a0If it does, then boy do we owe all those previous generations an apology. \u00a0And\u00a0more\u00a0than that, because we\u00a0supposedly\u00a0have them to learn from.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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